Keeping in Compliance

Employee Benefits Compliance Checklist for Small Employers

Posted January 27th, 2012 by Tacha
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Many employee benefits laws apply to all group health plans, regardless of the size of the sponsoring employer.

Small Employers Compliance Checklist
This Brief provides a compliance checklist for employee benefit laws valid for small employers and shows when a law doesn't apply.

IRS Q&As on Form W-2 Reporting

Posted January 18th, 2012 by Tacha
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This Legislative Brief sets out the Q&A guidance issued by the IRS in Notice 2012-9 regarding the Form W-2 reporting requirement.

IRS Q&As on Form W-2 Reporting
Check out this Q&A guidance issued by the IRS in Notice 2012-9 regarding the Form W-2 reporting requirement.

2012 Poster Compliance Program

Posted January 3rd, 2012 by Tacha
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Filice Insurance has teamed with Poster Compliance Center, the leading national publisher of all-in-one laminated labor law notices, to provide you with the most reliable resource for labor law pos

2012 Poster Compliance Program
Filice has teamed up with Poster Compliance to provide you with the most reliable resource for discounted, labor law posters.

MLR Rules

Posted December 8th, 2011 by Tacha
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) established the medical loss ratio (MLR) rules to help control health care coverage costs and ensure that enrollees receive value for their pr

MLR Rules
Check out the additional final regulations released by HHS on the MLR requirements, that become applicable on January 1, 2012.

DOL Proposes Regulations to Curb MEWA Abuses

Posted December 8th, 2011 by Tacha
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) established new safeguards for small-size employers and employees whose health benefits are provided through a multiple employer welfare arran

DOL Proposes Regulations for MEWA Abuses
On Dec. 6th, DOL released two proposed regulations that would implement new safeguards for small-size employers and employees.

Recommended Preventive Care Services

Posted November 22nd, 2011 by Tacha
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The health care reform law requires non-grandfathered health plans and issuers to cover certain preventive care services without any cost-sharing.

Recommended Preventive Care Services
This Legislative Brief summarizes the recommended preventive care services that must be covered without cost-sharing.

2012 Health Care Reform Compliance Checklist

Posted November 14th, 2011 by Tacha
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Health care reform brings a number of changes for employers and health plans in 2012.

2012 Health Care Reform Checklist
This Legislative Brief provides a checklist of health care reform requirements that will apply to employers and plans in 2012.

60-Day Advance Notice of Plan Changes

Posted November 8th, 2011 by Tacha
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PPACA requires plans and issuers to keep the their summary of benefits and coverage (SBC) up-to-date by giving at least 60 days’ advance notice of certain changes to their plans.

60-Day Advance Notice of Plan Changes
HCR requires 60 days' advance notice of some plan changes. This Legislative Brief explains the new rule and its effective date.

Comparative Effectiveness Research Fees

Posted October 4th, 2011 by Tacha
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) requires health insurance issuers and sponsors of self-insured health plans to pay comparative effectiveness research (CER) fees, effective fo

Comparative Effectiveness Research Fees
For plan years ending after 9.30.12, CER fees will need to be paid by health insurance issuers and sponsors of self-insured plans.

CMS Raises Threshold for HRA Reporting

Posted October 4th, 2011 by Tacha
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This Legislative Brief describes recent changes to the Medicare Secondary Payer mandatory reporting requirements affecting HRAs, including the increased threshold for HRA reporting, which should si

CMS Raises Threshold for HRA Reporting
CMS issued new guidance on the mandatory reporting requirements for HRAs, increasing the reporting threshold from $1000 to $5000.
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